The Satapatha-Brâhmana, Part V — SBE Vol. 44 (trans. Julius Eggeling, 1900)

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The translator’s English as printed (Julius Eggeling). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.

278; golden-handed (?), 283; distributed in many ways, 284 ; overthrows Pfru, the Asura, in battle, 292; his splendour in the heavens is Aditya, 304; that on earth this fire, 304; that in the air the wind, 304; Agni Purishya, the son of the earth, 3113 Agni the mouth of the gods, 312; his glory (sravas) and vigour is the smoke which announces him in yonder world, 349; son of heaven and earth, 350; leading forward of Agni, 356 seq.; went away from the gods and entered the water, 360; Agni found by a white horse (Pragapati) on a lotusleaf, 360; Agni scorches him, 360; Agni the repeller of all evil, 360; taken up by Agnikit into his own self, 362; is the rakshas-killing light, 372; takes away Pragdpati’s fiery spirit (tegas) to the south, 374; becomes Pragapati’s right arm, 374; Agni Vaisvanara, Aditya, creeps as a tortoise over the three worlds, 392; Agni yavishtha, 413 ;—is Pragapati, IV, introd. xvii seq.; the divine Sacrificer, and priest of the sacritice, xix; the child of the universe, xx; Agni, Aditya, and Vayu his three forms, xx; Agni the altar, a bird carrying the sacrifice to heaven, xxi; _ is attended to in front (of the altar), 3; is the existent (bhuva), 43 through Agni everything exists, 4; becomes the breath, 4; from fire breath fashioned, 43 Agni Vaisvanara is the year, 33; connected with priesthood and trivrit-stoma, 67; is Virag, regions and vital airs, 70; is the Brahman (deity), 85; Agni, Vayu, and Aditya move hitherwards and thitherwards, 90; connected with Vasus, trivrit, gya-sastra, rathantara, 100; protector of the east, ror, (105); his rays like those of the sun, 105; has distinction (sri) bestowed upon him by the gods, 113; lord of the gvod, 123; his paths lead to the gods, 123; his path becomes black, when fanned by the wind, 141, 1423 in his immortal form is Rudra, 156; Agni, Vayu, and Aditya are the hearts of the gods, 162 ; nothing greater than Agni, the fire-altar, 163; the Rudras invoked in the Satarudriyaare Agnis, 167; thefire-altar is speech,17 3; isthe head of Agni- Pragâpati,the altar and universe, 178, 179; is offspring and the lord of offspring, 181; injures by his heat, fire, and flame (haras, sodis, arfis), 182; in men, water, plants,trees,18 3,184; Agni, Vayu, and Aditya are the Pravargya (vessels), 187; leading forward of Agni, 188 seq.; regaling him with food (sixteen ladlings of ghee), 189; Agni isVisvakarman, 189, 190; is the eye of gods and men, 200; createdas the hundred-headed Rudra, 201 ;isthousand eyed, 201; isa well-winged bird, 201 ; seated on the back of the earth he fills the air with his shine, props the sky with his light, and upholds the quarters by his lustre, 202; the fire-altar his seat, 202; oblation to (Agni) Visvakarman, 204; taken by Pragapati to his bosom as his own son, 206; Agni, the firealtar, is the Purusha, made up of seven purushas, the fire being his head, 206, 207; Agni the man (nara) of the earth as (part of) the All (visva), 208; is speech, 208 ; Agni’s universal sovereignty, 228; Agni as Gandharva, with the plants as Apsaras his mates, 231; lord of the world and lord of creatures whose dwellings are on high and here below, and who is both brahman and kshatra, 234, 235; Agni, when completed and consecrated, becomes a deity, Varuna, 238; Agni, the firealtar, is a heavenly bird, 250; one potent drop (indu), the faithful eagle, the golden-winged bird, 251; Agni Vaisvakarmaza, 268; name to be given to the fire on the altar, 269; the

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chiefest of the fires of the five races of men, 269; Agni Vaisvanara, verses to, 276; Agni the gods’ prava, 295; is all objects of desire, 313; the nature of Agni as the vital airs, 331-33 Agniand Indra created as brahman and kshatra, 342; they joined each other as the gold man and the gold plate, 342; they are the light and immortal life, 343; they are the fire-altar, Agni what is baked by fire (bricks) and Indra the purisha, 343; Agni and Indra are the Visve Devas, and the three are brahman, kshatra, and vis, 344; is Pragâpati, 345; Agni (-Pragipati), on ascending, is Aditya, 349; the vital breath, 349 ; Agni considered as V4yu or as Aditya, or as the year, 363; as speech, 364; as Death, 365; the direction in which Agni (the fire-altar) is to look, 390 seq.; (Agni) Vaisvanara, views regarding his nature, 393 seq.; isthe Purusha, 398; triad—Agni, Aditya. Prana —are the eater, the Arka, the Uktha, the Purusha, 398, 399; —Agni Datri, eight-kapala cake at New moon, V,8; Agni Pathikrit, expiatory eightkapala cake at New moon, 10; ditto at Agnihotra, 191; at Asvamedha, 350; Agni Vaisvanara, ditto twelve-kapala one, 11; Agni created out of Pragapati with a life of a thousand years, 15; Agni and Soma become eater and food, 16; Agni created by the Brahman and placed on earth, 27;_ takes Sri’s food and receives (mitravinda) oblation (eight - kapala cake), 62-65; Agni (fire) one of the six doors to the Brahman, 66; Agni the teacher of the brahmafarin, 86; evolved from the earth, and from him the Rig-veda, 102; to Agni offering is made in Aditya at Agnihotra, 112 seq.; Agni’s breath taken by the sun, whence fire has to be fanned, 130; triad—Agni, Ar-

kya, Mahad uktham, 172; Agni,
Vayu,and Adityaare light,might,
glory (fame), 173; Agni Viviéi,
expiatory eight-kapala cake at
Agnihotra, 192; Agni Samvarga,
ditto cake, 193; Agni Apsumat,
ditto, 193; Agni Suéi ditto,
194; the first of the ten deities
(‘allthe gods’) receiving oblations
of drops, 280; Agni the darknecked, 316; Agni sacrificed as
animal victim, 319 ; Agni as the
chamberlain of king Marutta,
3973 oblation to Agni Ayushmat, 439; is the good abode,
4573 is the self of all the gods
(and regent of the earth), 505.
Agnidh, ox his fee at Dasapeya, III,
119; gold for paséabila oblation,
1213 bullock for Sautramast,
142 ;—sprinkles fire-altar with
water to appease it, IV, 169; is
Agni, 169; follows the fire with
the single sword (-line), 192.
Agnidhra (=Agnidh), same as Agni,
III, 122; isthe spring season, V,
44; is under the Brahman, 137.
Agnidhra, n. (fire-shed), is the air,
IV, 196; associated with Trishtubh, V, 495; between it and
Aatvala is the gate of sacrifice,

497:

Agnidhriya, III, 97; taken out of Garhapatya, 265; is the wind in the air, 315, 317; the throughbreathing, 317; prepared first of dhishnya hearths, IV, 242; at Agnigayana built of eight bricks, 243.

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278; golden-handed (?), 283; distributed in many ways, 284 ; overthrows Pfru, the Asura, in battle, 292; his splendour in the heavens is Aditya, 304; that on earth this fire, 304; that in the air the wind, 304; Agni Purishya, the son of the earth, 3113 Agni the mouth of the gods, 312; his glory (sravas) and vigour is the smoke which announces him in yonder world, 349; son of heaven and earth, 350; leading forward of Agni, 356 seq.; went away from the gods and entered the water, 360; Agni found by a white horse (Pragapati) on a lotusleaf, 360; Agni scorches him, 360; Agni the repeller of all evil, 360; taken up by Agnikit into his own self, 362; is the rakshas-killing light, 372; takes away Pragdpati’s fiery spirit (tegas) to the south, 374; becomes Pragapati’s right arm, 374; Agni Vaisvanara, Aditya, creeps as a tortoise over the three worlds, 392; Agni yavishtha, 413 ;—is Pragapati, IV, introd. xvii seq.; the divine Sacrificer, and priest of the sacritice, xix; the child of the universe, xx; Agni, Aditya, and Vayu his three forms, xx; Agni the altar, a bird carrying the sacrifice to heaven, xxi; _ is attended to in front (of the altar), 3; is the existent (bhuva), 43 through Agni everything exists, 4; becomes the breath, 4; from fire breath fashioned, 43 Agni Vaisvanara is the year, 33; connected with priesthood and trivrit-stoma, 67; is Virag, regions and vital airs, 70; is the Brahman (deity), 85; Agni, Vayu, and Aditya move hitherwards and thitherwards, 90; connected with Vasus, trivrit, gya-sastra, rathantara, 100; protector of the east, ror, (105); his rays like those of the sun, 105; has distinction (sri) bestowed upon him by the gods, 113; lord of the gvod, 123; his paths lead to the gods, 123; his path becomes black, when fanned by the wind, 141, 1423 in his immortal form is Rudra, 156; Agni, Vayu, and Aditya are the hearts of the gods, 162 ; nothing greater than Agni, the fire-altar, 163; the Rudras invoked in the Satarudriyaare Agnis, 167; thefire-altar is speech,17 3; isthe head of Agni- Pragâpati,the altar and universe, 178, 179; is offspring and the lord of offspring, 181; injures by his heat, fire, and flame (haras, sodis, arfis), 182; in men, water, plants,trees,18 3,184; Agni, Vayu, and Aditya are the Pravargya (vessels), 187; leading forward of Agni, 188 seq.; regaling him with food (sixteen ladlings of ghee), 189; Agni isVisvakarman, 189, 190; is the eye of gods and men, 200; createdas the hundred-headed Rudra, 201 ;isthousand eyed, 201; isa well-winged bird, 201 ; seated on the back of the earth he fills the air with his shine, props the sky with his light, and upholds the quarters by his lustre, 202; the fire-altar his seat, 202; oblation to (Agni) Visvakarman, 204; taken by Pragapati to his bosom as his own son, 206; Agni, the firealtar, is the Purusha, made up of seven purushas, the fire being his head, 206, 207; Agni the man (nara) of the earth as (part of) the All (visva), 208; is speech, 208 ; Agni’s universal sovereignty, 228; Agni as Gandharva, with the plants as Apsaras his mates, 231; lord of the world and lord of creatures whose dwellings are on high and here below, and who is both brahman and kshatra, 234, 235; Agni, when completed and consecrated, becomes a deity, Varuna, 238; Agni, the firealtar, is a heavenly bird, 250; one potent drop (indu), the faithful eagle, the golden-winged bird, 251; Agni Vaisvakarmaza, 268; name to be given to the fire on the altar, 269; the

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chiefest of the fires of the five races of men, 269; Agni Vaisvanara, verses to, 276; Agni the gods’ prava, 295; is all objects of desire, 313; the nature of Agni as the vital airs, 331-33 Agniand Indra created as brahman and kshatra, 342; they joined each other as the gold man and the gold plate, 342; they are the light and immortal life, 343; they are the fire-altar, Agni what is baked by fire (bricks) and Indra the purisha, 343; Agni and Indra are the Visve Devas, and the three are brahman, kshatra, and vis, 344; is Pragâpati, 345; Agni (-Pragipati), on ascending, is Aditya, 349; the vital breath, 349 ; Agni considered as V4yu or as Aditya, or as the year, 363; as speech, 364; as Death, 365; the direction in which Agni (the fire-altar) is to look, 390 seq.; (Agni) Vaisvanara, views regarding his nature, 393 seq.; isthe Purusha, 398; triad—Agni, Aditya. Prana —are the eater, the Arka, the Uktha, the Purusha, 398, 399; —Agni Datri, eight-kapala cake at New moon, V,8; Agni Pathikrit, expiatory eightkapala cake at New moon, 10; ditto at Agnihotra, 191; at Asvamedha, 350; Agni Vaisvanara, ditto twelve-kapala one, 11; Agni created out of Pragapati with a life of a thousand years, 15; Agni and Soma become eater and food, 16; Agni created by the Brahman and placed on earth, 27;_ takes Sri’s food and receives (mitravinda) oblation (eight - kapala cake), 62-65; Agni (fire) one of the six doors to the Brahman, 66; Agni the teacher of the brahmafarin, 86; evolved from the earth, and from him the Rig-veda, 102; to Agni offering is made in Aditya at Agnihotra, 112 seq.; Agni’s breath taken by the sun, whence fire has to be fanned, 130; triad—Agni, Ar-

kya, Mahad uktham, 172; Agni,
Vayu,and Adityaare light,might,
glory (fame), 173; Agni Viviéi,
expiatory eight-kapala cake at
Agnihotra, 192; Agni Samvarga,
ditto cake, 193; Agni Apsumat,
ditto, 193; Agni Suéi ditto,
194; the first of the ten deities
(‘allthe gods’) receiving oblations
of drops, 280; Agni the darknecked, 316; Agni sacrificed as
animal victim, 319 ; Agni as the
chamberlain of king Marutta,
3973 oblation to Agni Ayushmat, 439; is the good abode,
4573 is the self of all the gods
(and regent of the earth), 505.
Agnidh, ox his fee at Dasapeya, III,
119; gold for paséabila oblation,
1213 bullock for Sautramast,
142 ;—sprinkles fire-altar with
water to appease it, IV, 169; is
Agni, 169; follows the fire with
the single sword (-line), 192.
Agnidhra (=Agnidh), same as Agni,
III, 122; isthe spring season, V,
44; is under the Brahman, 137.
Agnidhra, n. (fire-shed), is the air,
IV, 196; associated with Trishtubh, V, 495; between it and
Aatvala is the gate of sacrifice,

497:

Agnidhriya, III, 97; taken out of Garhapatya, 265; is the wind in the air, 315, 317; the throughbreathing, 317; prepared first of dhishnya hearths, IV, 242; at Agnigayana built of eight bricks, 243.

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